Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
25-year-old Queensland apprentice rider Reece O’Connell has made one of the most spectacular starts to his riding career in recent memory, with a double at Dalby on the weekend coming on top of the treble he rode on debut at Nanango seven days before. O’Connell’s record now reads 10 rides for 5 wins, 2 seconds, […]
Young apprentice Maddie Mankelow has only been riding professionally for 16 months, but at Corfield yesterday she did what most jockeys will never do in their entire careers. Maddie won the Corfield Cup. Even better she rode 4 winners, and finished second in the other two races too. How good is that? Congratulations to the […]
The Stewards are suspicious about apprentice Shania Willis’s ride on the $4.80 chance Jediah in the fifth at Gatton last Thursday. After taking initial evidence from Willis on the day, the stipes have adjourned their inquiry into her tactics in the race so they can examine all aspects of the race, including the wagering. A […]
We are in the home straight now with only a month of the season to go, and there are some battle royales going on around the State for Queensland’s prestigious premiership titles. Angela Jones and Emily Lang’s head to head tussle to become the first woman to wear the Brisbane champion jockey’s crown is set […]
Just For Show was backed for plenty to win race 5 at Caulfield. $5.40 into $3.40 it firmed on Betfair. Thanks to a very poor decision by apprentice Luke Cartwright the punters tickets were confetti before they’d gone 100m. Two of Just For Show’s three wins have come when it has been ridden up on […]
Well you could see that one coming a mile away. As predicted trainer Liandra Gray has been stood down following her criminal conviction for animal cruelty. It’s the right thing too. Shows we as an industry and a sport won’t put up with animals being mistreated. Or assaulted with a whip 40 times. Gray is […]
Globetrotting Queensland senior apprentice school coach Shane Scriven continues to follow the National Apprentice Series caravan around the country to support Queensland’s entrant/s in the series at Racing Queensland expence. A week or two ago Scriven was in the Northern Territory mentoring Queensland’s sole contestant in that leg of the series, yesterday the coach was […]
Apprentice Lesson 1 by Scrivo – How to Kiss a Cup Like a Striped Cod Shane Scriven landed plenty of winners in his riding days, and post-retirement from the saddle he has translated his skills to scoring free holidays away under the guise of work. The last time we Scrivo spotted was back in January […]
Apprentice Gabrielle Semmens elected to take a full book of rides at Sprinsgure yesterday in preference to a couple of mounts in Townsville. It was a bit of a drive out to the mining town, but it proved worth the ride. Semmens landed a treble and a second from five races, including a win in […]
Dan McGillivray is Australia’s most suspended apprentice jockey by a country mile. When it comes to time on the sidelines not even Zac Lloyd can match him. It’s D. McGillivray first, daylight second in the race that no rider wants to win. The errant apprentice increased his lead in the Unwanted Stakes yesterday at Ipswich […]
